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speaking skill. Another problem is poor pronunciation. Pronunciation is a crucial thing.
Learning how to pronounce words is important. According to Derwing and Murno 2005, pronunciation helps the learners to communicate normally and can be
understood easily. Those five problems in speaking skill do not appear without reasons.
c. Causes of Poor Speaking Skill
There are some reasons for poor speaking skill, Richards 2008. The first is lack of curriculum emphasis on speaking skills. Traditional thought assumes
that learning English is only about understanding the rules of grammar and being able to apply minimum requirement in the written form. That is why sometimes
speaking skill is ignored. The fact is a speaking skill should be trained to get better result of learning English.
The second is the teachers’ limited English proficiency. English teachers who are needed by students not only teachers who understand how to make a
good paragraph without any grammatical mistakes. It is easier for the students to learn how to train their speaking skill if the teachers are also good speakers. The
third is class’ conditions do not facilitate oral activities. Every learning process is started with a conducive class. It can be said conducive when the students and
teachers can learn together. The forth is limited chances outside of class to practice their speaking
skill. The teachers are responsible to facilitate students to practice their speaking PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
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skill. However, doing practice inside the class is not enough for students. There are only some meetings to learn English. It means that they need to be given
opportunities to practice their speaking skill outside the class. By doing practice outside the class, they are able to meet new topics to be discussed. It contributes
them to learn new vocabularies or dictions. The fifth is examination system does not emphasize oral skills. People are
familiar with written test. They assume that oral test does not give an exact result of students’ work. Actually, giving oral test is important. It trains students to do
their test by themselves because doing oral test avoids cheating. Besides, oral test teaches students to think spontaneously so they are able to say what they want to
express.
d. Conditions Where The
Students’ Speaking Skill Can be Implemented
There are certain conditions where students’ speaking skill can be implemented well Dakowska, 2005. Firstly, the topic is interesting enough to
open students’ opinions. The students’ interests in speaking skill should be provoked by giving some interesting topics. It can be measured by knowing any
information which are relevant with the teenagers’ issues. It can be about fashion, music or education. Secondly, the students are given opportunity to choose topic
of the discussion so that they are able to utter their individual opinions. It is better for teachers to give them a chance to choose the topic based on their interests. So,
they are able to express their opinions. The third is discussion involves working in group or open class of interaction. Working in group is important to trains
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students’ communication skills.
e. Types of Spoken Test
According to Thornbury 2007: 126 there are some types of spoken test. The first is interview. McNamara 1999 stated that interview is useful to get story
from the participants’ experiences. The interviewer can also get deep information from the participants related to the topics. By giving information to the
interviewer, the learners learn to response the answer quickly. It needs to be spontaneous to response the questions. The second is monologue. A monologue is
an extended speech by one person. When students are given opportunities to do monologues, it means that the students learn how to develop the topic of the
monologue. It becomes a story or a speech which can be accepted by the listeners. The third is recorded monologues. There is a difference between
monologue and recorded monologue. The difference between monologue and recorded monologue is that recorded monologue is a monologue which is
recorded. So the speakers can re-play their monologue to get feedback and to know their mistakes. The forth is role plays. Role-play is what you do when you
are pretending to be another person and using your imagination to speak, think and even feel like that characters. If the learners use their imagination to speak, it
trains their speaking skill to create their imagination becomes something real and entertaining.
